The grace of evil in A Clockwork Orange is a recurring paradox throughout the novel and also implies a profound religious connotation. The main focuses are the different aspects of evil, violence and sexual acts committed by Alex and his gang members. However, Anthony Burgess has cleverly incorporated paradoxes similar to those of grace and evil, along with a different dialect to help mask the true harshness behind the violence. Other paradoxes include the extremes of night and day, good and evil, and black and white. The portrayal of evil as graceful is relevant to the actual title, but also reflects the actions, dialect, and events in the life of the main character Alex. . Appearances can be deceiving as Alex seems quite graceful, intelligent and well spoken. However, evil thoughts lurk within himself that push him, as the leader of his gang, to commit murder and rape. While he and his fellow "droogs" speak in sophisticated Shakespearean-like language, they describe their evil deeds with elegance. As violent and aggressive as Alex is perceived to be, he enjoys listening to classical music, especially Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. However, while he is immersed in eloquent, graceful and peaceful music, his mind reflects on evil, violent and sexual fantasies. At the end of the novel, Alex is no longer able to listen to the Ninth Symphony due to the conditioning placed on him. He no longer has the freedom to choose and act of his own will. This theme also concerns the grace of evil because, although conditioning someone to be a moral person may seem like a good deed, it is actually immoral. In essence it is about taking away the person's freedom of choice. Religiously, Grace is a gift from God. Even those... in the middle of the paper... it seems that freedom of choice is more important. God's grace prevails over evil and accepts and forgives Alex's sinful actions. Without freedom of choice, one becomes a "clockwork orange", an unnatural and inhuman being. Works Cited Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986.Coale, Samuel, Anthony Burgess. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1981.Connelly, Wayne. Critical essays on Anthony Burgess. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1980.Edelheit, Geoffrey, ed. Critical essays on Anthony Burgess. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co. 1986. Rabinovitz, Rubin: Ethical Values ​​in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, in: Studies in the Novel, 11 (1979) Stinson, John J. Anthony Burgess Revisited. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.Stinson, John J. Anthony Burgess: Novelist on the Margin. Riley 4: 82-83.